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Therapeutic activism: Supporting emotional resilience of volunteers working in a refugee camp
Get PDFWe describe the development of an approach offering emotional support to volunteers who responded to the humanitarian crisis that has left thousands of refugees living in precarious and dangerous conditions across Europe. The Refugee Resilience Collective was set up by a group of therapists drawing on social justice approaches, working on the French–English border. It was recognised that the emotional needs of volunteers were being neglected, putting many at risk of secondary traumatisation and “burnout.” We elaborate ways we set about fostering an environment of self-care which, we argue, is crucial to sustaining volunteers. We have offered regular consultations to individuals and teams to nurture resilience and the potential for life-changing growth, to help them manage the challenges of the work and to build their collective resistance to the abusive state system that refugees face. “Doing hope” for others and collective action are crucial components of our approach
Psychotherapy, anthropology and the work of culture , Keir Martin , London, UK: Routledge, 2019. 176 pp. ISBN: 9780367182519
No full textPsychotherapy, anthropology and the work of culture , Keir Martin , London, UK: Routledge, 2019. 176 pp. ISBN: 978036718251
Engaging with indigenous knowledge to shape a bicultural counselling programme in Aotearoa New Zealand
Get PDFThis paper is an account of the rationale behind the authors’ efforts to create a Masters in Counselling programme, centred on a poststructuralist approach known as narrative therapy, that might be deserving of the designation “bicultural”. In developing the new degree, the goal was to bring the knowledge, language and values of the indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand alongside and into a dialogue with international, Eurocentric, non-Māori counselling theories and practices. Our hypothesis was that this dialogue might result in an innovative and transformational learning experience that could prepare counselling practitioners to work for more equitable outcomes with diverse client groups. We share this account of our narrative and the reflections stemming from our programme development work believing they offer a contribution to thinking about how counsellor education can engage well with cultural diversity. Beyond the question of how counselling practitioners are to engage with culturally diverse clients, which risks falling into essentialising models of diversity, we argue that the engagement with biculturalism, as suggested by the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi), provides a powerful lens for thinking about creating a socially just and inclusive counselling practice
“Igor's pet cemetery? Igor is out. Burying cat”: A memoir of living and dying
Get PDF“Igor's pet cemetery? Igor is out. Burying cat”: A memoir of living and dyin
Transactional analysis and politics: A critical review
Get PDFThis article offers a critical review of the literature on transactional analysis (TA) and politics. It discusses Eric Berne's own relationship with politics, makes some distinctions between social psychiatry and social psychology, and comments on the influence of radical psychiatry on TA—especially in the 1960s and '70s. Finally, it offers a conceptual framework that categorises the interplay between TA and politics, and gives examples of these different aspects of TA and politics
Whore phobia: The experiences of a dual-training sex worker–psychotherapist
Get PDFThis paper seeks to facilitate a discussion across schools of psychotherapy and UK professional registration bodies around the controversial and misunderstood subject of being a dual-trained/training psychotherapist and sex worker. Despite its importance to a minority of practitioners and clients, the potential overlap between sex work and psychotherapy remains an understudied and underreported area. We aim to open up conversation regarding the potential of sexuality work to therapeutically benefit clients for whom talking therapy alone is insufficient. We illustrate how medical theories of pathology are linked to gender diversity and then applied by “therapeutic” communities to marginalise and suppress competing ways to provide therapeutic contact. Our dialogue highlights the practice and philosophical inconsistencies of mainstream psychotherapies' codes of ethics and conduct, which underpin how dual-trained sex worker–therapists are deemed to bring the profession into disrepute. Rather than protecting the public, perhaps some sections of the public are left at greater risk of harm because such codes of ethics are unable to respect perceived transgressive sexualities, yet are comfortable with how practitioners are paid for intimate (albeit psychological) contact. We look into psychotherapy's shadow, and show that dual-trained sex-worker–therapists have something to offer. We also suggest ways to express sexual rights and reclaim sexuality bodywork from those who can be said to seek to exert power and control over the minds and bodies of others
Navigating the menstrual landscapes: From the darkness to the light
Get PDFThis study examines the phenomenon of PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder) and its impact on the author's sense of self in relationship with others socially and psychologically. Autoethnography was used to explore personal cultural history, investigating aspects of trauma in early life and its links with the author's identity. The author's difficult experience of fitting in with her peer group triggered this exploration. Through questioning personal discourses and the self in the social and historical context, valuable connections were found between the experience of PMDD and trauma. The data were gathered and reflexively analysed simultaneously. A layered account, a format of autoethnography, demonstrates the different voices of the author—weaving memories, insights, and theory to offer the reader a flowing account. The autoethnographic journey allowed the author to witness the process of constructing and reconstructing her identity as a woman, ending with final reflections on her experience of the research process
The International Association for Transactional Analysis: Social Engagement Committee
Get PDFThis brief contribution introduces the work of the Social Engagement Committee of the International Association for Transactional Analysis and its current members
Know My Name , Chanel Miller , New York, NY: Viking Press, 2019. 368 pp. ISBN: 9780735223707
No full textKnow My Name , Chanel Miller , New York, NY: Viking Press, 2019. 368 pp. ISBN: 978073522370
DROP THE DISORDER. Edited by J. Watson: (2019); London, UK: PCCS Books;. 272 pp. ISBN: 9781910919507
Get PDFDROP THE DISORDER. Edited by J. Watson: (2019); London, UK: PCCS Books;. 272 pp. ISBN: 978191091950